From owner-freebsd-chat Thu May 31 14:47:41 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from hqsmtp.mks.com (hqsmtp.mks.com [198.73.192.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DBE137B423 for ; Thu, 31 May 2001 14:47:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from john.verne@mks.com) Message-ID: <610C0DAE7B14D31193A90060943F3D0A03222A42@hqntexch.mks.com> From: John Verne To: "'freebsd-chat@freebsd.org'" Subject: IPFilter license issue Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 17:47:35 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org This is a reference to the issues surrounding the removal of IPF from the OpenBSD -current tree. >From: >There was recently a big announcement on Slashdot about IPFilter not being >free software, with the eventual culmination of festivities being the >OpenBSD crew removing it from their CVS tree. Looks like they jumped the >gun. > An example license follows that is claimed to solve the problem. Unfortunately, this is the very license that seems to have caused the problem. Please see http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.html for an example license that is "good enough" for the OpenBSD team (and others who may need to modify a work for redistribution. jdv x3295 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message